London Markets Board (4)

Neil Garratt: Can you please confirm how the new board members of the London Markets Board were chosen?

The Mayor: My officers undertook targeted engagement to encourage a diverse talent pool to take part in an open recruitment process which consisted of an application stage and formal interview. The opportunity was shared across a broad range of platforms and directly with sector networks.
The recruitment panel included GLA officers with relevant expertise and Helen Evans, Co-Chair of the LMB who has extensive experience of the London markets agenda. Ninety applications were received. Thirty-one candidates were invited to interview. Following moderation 14 candidates were selected for my approval.
My Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills will continue to chair the Board. In addition, I have co-opted 4 sector representatives to the Board, including Co-Chair Helen Evans, and representatives from the National Association of British Market Authorities, National Markets Traders Federation and the Association of London Markets/ the London Street Trading Benchmarking Group.
Please see MQ 2022/0966 for further details.

One-Off grant funding and the Mayoral Budget

Len Duvall: This financial year (2022/23) one off grant funding has provided an additional £147.3 million in funding, raising the GLA:Mayor budget by 67.7 percent or £82.3 million. How likely is it that a similar level of grant funding will be offered in 2023-24 and which areas of the GLA family do you anticipate this will be shared between?

The Mayor: The £147.3 million one-off funding in the 2022-23 budget relates to the anticipated additional business rates growth the GLA Group will receive over and above its funding baseline.
The core central scenario in the Budget Guidance does not anticipate any additional business rates growth over the forecast 2.5 percent increase in baseline, which has been allocated in the guidance based on the plans for 2023-24 set out in the 2022-23 budget documents.
We will not know if any additional business rates funding is likely to be available in 2023-24 until all 33 billing authorities in London submit their business rates forecasts to central government at the end of January 2023, and the government confirms the actual inflationary increase to be applied (either directly or through compensating grant).
If any additional funding is available, the Mayor will allocate this in line with his priorities, taking into account other government funding decisions such as the level of police grant.

Rising Energy Costs and the GLA group (7)

Len Duvall: What support, financial or otherwise, has been offered by Government to support the GLA group with rising energy costs?

The Mayor: On 1 October, the government updated its guidance on the Energy Bill Relief Scheme for businesses and other non-domestic customers.
The guidance refers to “public sector organisations such as schools, hospitals and care homes” and it is assumed the GLA Group falls within its scope.
The scheme caps “the estimated wholesale portion of the unit price” at £211 per megawatt hour for electricity and £75 per megawatt hour for gas. The guidance notes that current forecasts for market prices this winter at that time were £600 and £180 respectively.
The scheme applies for six months, from 1 October 2022, and is due to be reviewed within three months. The guidance indicates support will likely only continue for “the most vulnerable non-domestic customers” and highlights users, particularly larger businesses that are not energy-intensive, who are less vulnerable, use the six months to identify measures they can take to protect themselves against high energy prices.
Further details are awaited before we can confirm the impact this scheme will have on the GLA Group.

Rising Energy Costs and the GLA group (6)

Len Duvall: How do you anticipate that rising energy prices across the GLA group will impact on your budget for 2023/24 and do you anticipate changes to the funding set out in the Budget Guidance?

The Mayor: See responses to questions 2022/3725 to 3729.
The funding levels set out in the Budget Guidance were based on the information available to officers at the time of its publication. They have no connection to current or future energy prices because the GLA has, to date, not been provided with any funding for 2023-24 to cover these pressures. Functional bodies will include their latest inflationary pressures in their budget submissions and will also include how they propose to balance their budgets within the funding available.
It is always expected the funding levels will change from those set out in the Budget Guidance as government provide more information concerning its intentions, for example, regarding: the business rates multiplier and the tariff and levy arrangements within the 2023-24 business rates system; specific grant funding for the Police in particular; and council tax referendum principles.
An update will be provided in the Mayor’s Consultation Budget due to be published in December 2022.

AEB management fee cap

Zack Polanski: Your Adult Education Budget (AEB) has a 20 per cent management fee cap on subcontracting. Are you concerned that this cap will be treated more like a minimum, leading to higher management fees and less value for money for Londoners?

The Mayor: I introduced the 20 per cent management fee cap for subcontracting when the Adult Education Budget (AEB) was delegated to me in 2019. It ensures the majority of AEB funding related to subcontracting is directly focused on supporting learners.
Before 2019, under national arrangements, AEB providers were able to retain higher amounts, with the risk that learners may not be properly resourced for their learning.
I expect lead providers who work in partnership with subcontractors, to be fully responsible for the management of quality, assurance, data and, associated risks as if the learners are their own. I am satisfied that the 20 per cent management fee cap represents good value for money, ensuring the responsibilities of the lead provider and subcontractor are recognised for the benefit of learners.

London Markets Board (5)

Neil Garratt: Can you confirm the costs associated with the new London Markets Board?

The Mayor: The London Markets Board is a voluntary board that meets 4 times a year. There are minimal direct costs associated with the secretariat of the Board as members can only claim expenses in relation to their travel and sustenance.
Once the new board has agreed a priority action plan, any associated delivery budget will be agreed in line with the GLA decision making process and published on the London.gov.uk website.

Nuclear impact on London

Zack Polanski: Are you preparing for the possible impact on London of a nuclear event in Europe, which could cause at the very least similar issues as Chernobyl did in 1986?

The Mayor: The London Resilience Partnership prepares for a range ofresponsesas part of wider resilience preparedness. There is a specific plan in place under the Radiation(Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations(REPPIR) for a nuclear event in Europe or one that could threaten the UK.
In such an event the London Resilience Partnership would work closely with Government departments and specialists, under extant coordination protocols to respond to the incident based on their expert guidance.

Training for a chain of events

Zack Polanski: What training do first responders in London undertake to prepare for a possible ‘chain of events’ scenario where multiple climate and other events combine to create a worse disaster?

The Mayor: The training and exercising provided to first responders through either the Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles (JESIP) or Multi Agency Gold Incident Commanders (MAGIC) courses teaches responders to evaluate current situation and the range of issues presented at the time of incident. This is practised through exercising wherever possible to provide complex scenarios for consideration and response. The Joint Decision Making model (JDM) specifically points towards the assimilation of situational awareness and a range of information sources enables commanders to consider wider information at the time of an incident to consider concurrent and cascading impacts.
The Resilience Partnership also considers risks in a concurrent state where appropriate, e.g. the impact of multiple utility failures caused by each other or by a primary incident (i.e. a fire causing localised power outage). We use a modelling tool called ‘Anytown’ to deliberately consider consequential and cascading impacts so that pre incident partners are accustomed to considering combined events and impacts.

What Londoners need in a grab bag

Zack Polanski: Some advice for civil preparedness to future climate and other disasters involves advising people to have a ‘grab bag’ handy. What do you consider to be the right things for a Londoner to have in such a bag?

The Mayor: There are numerous references to emergency grab bags with varying examples of items to have to hand in case you need to leave your home quickly. This could include medication, important documents e.g. (insurance or identification documents), clothes, toiletries, and a means by which to charge your phone. The London Prepared website does not advocate a single list of essential to have, instead it focusses on individuals understanding the risks applicable to them, considering their personal circumstances, and thereafter considering the specific items they might need. I am also acutely aware that the most vulnerable Londoners may not have the financial means to prepare such a grab bag and therefore our advice to have a resilience mindset by understanding risk and your own vulnerabilities will generate a better prepared public than simply promoting grab bags.

Energy rationing in London

Zack Polanski: On 9 August 2019 – during a large power cut to the National Grid that caused disruption to Thameslink and London Underground – 239,861 London customers were disconnected from the electricity grid to reduce demand by 174MW. What steps have you taken since then to consider the role of major energy users like Transport for London (TfL) during such scenarios in future, and how would any disruption be communicated with Londoners?

The Mayor: My Chief of Staff holds seasonal preparedness briefings with key partners, including Network Rail and TfL who gave assurance soon after this event that such issues would not occur again if similar circumstances occurred. The transport providers regularly work with power companies to ensure the most resilient supplies and traction current is classed as Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) and as such has additional protective measures to power supply.
Should there be any future power disruptions both the transport providers and Power Companies will work with the London Resilience Gold Comms Group to provide updates to the public at that time advising on the specifics of that incident.

London Markets Board (2)

Neil Garratt: Will the new London Markets Board continue with the same 12 recommendations from the 2017 report, or will there be new guidance and objectives? If so, what will they be and where are they documented?

The Mayor: My new London Markets Board (LMB) was appointed in September 2022 and the first meeting happened on 4th October. The LMB will agree a prioritised action plan, that supports London’s markets to realise their full potential, at its meeting in January. All papers, including the action plan will be published within 10 working days on the London.gov.uk website.
The Understanding London’s Markets report will continue to provide important context for this work. The updated action plan will also draw upon a mix of ongoing commitments delivered as part of my street and covered markets programme, sectoral, and mayoral priorities. Initial priorities include working with the sector to:

Building Safety Fund

Anne Clarke: How many grants have been made from this fund to date? Please provide a breakdown since the funds began, showing the size of grant and date of grant award.

The Mayor: As of 04 October 2022, 181 grant payments have been made from the Building Safety Fund totalling £220,236,613.
Please see table below for a breakdown.
Payment amount (£)
Date of payment authorisation
£167,267.00
15-Oct-20
£515,104.00
09-Dec-20
£571,988.00
07-Jan-21
£219,898.00
11-Jan-21
£1,764,874.00
13-Jan-21
£463,175.00
22-Jan-21
£455,989.00
27-Jan-21
£131,519.00
04-Feb-21
£628,330.00
12-Feb-21
£60,301.00
24-Feb-21
£323,825.00
24-Feb-21
£1,801,940.00
25-Feb-21
£465,657.00
25-Feb-21
£227,348.00
25-Feb-21
£274,178.00
25-Feb-21
£230,728.00
08-Mar-21
£479,823.00
10-Mar-21
£372,809.00
11-Mar-21
£398,934.00
17-Mar-21
£728,716.00
17-Mar-21
£88,023.00
30-Mar-21
£460,607.00
30-Mar-21
£347,273.00
06-Apr-21
£916,157.00
07-Apr-21
£207,214.00
08-Apr-21
£1,105,267.00
08-Apr-21
£944,089.00
14-Apr-21
£720,162.00
14-Apr-21
£235,571.00
16-Apr-21
£2,220,132.00
16-Apr-21
£1,083,674.00
19-Apr-21
£470,328.00
21-Apr-21
£292,957.00
21-Apr-21
£212,888.00
05-May-21
£80,956.00
07-May-21
£1,388,588.00
14-May-21
£1,798,652.00
19-May-21
£157,071.00
19-May-21
£246,495.00
24-May-21
£1,003,815.00
04-Jun-21
£228,782.00
08-Jun-21
£783,091.00
11-Jun-21
£91,918.00
15-Jun-21
£335,660.00
16-Jun-21
£170,400.00
21-Jun-21
£628,113.00
28-Jun-21
£162,337.00
28-Jun-21
£142,199.00
30-Jun-21
£1,132,684.00
08-Jul-21
£110,111.00
15-Jul-21
£375,402.00
23-Jul-21
£393,939.00
23-Jul-21
£267,276.00
27-Jul-21
£497,725.00
28-Jul-21
£495,864.00
28-Jul-21
£215,192.00
28-Jul-21
£472,520.00
28-Jul-21
£425,443.00
28-Jul-21
£100,000.00
04-Aug-21
£311,927.00
10-Aug-21
£314,659.00
11-Aug-21
£279,364.00
12-Aug-21
£1,427,461.00
17-Aug-21
£889,482.00
24-Aug-21
£606,617.00
24-Aug-21
£4,613,623.00
24-Aug-21
£2,369,705.00
15-Sep-21
£558,041.00
15-Sep-21
£288,281.00
20-Sep-21
£154,202.00
20-Sep-21
£1,051,044.00
23-Sep-21
£224,842.00
23-Sep-21
£159,707.00
24-Sep-21
£1,335,694.00
24-Sep-21
£655,880.00
29-Sep-21
£308,483.00
30-Sep-21
£1,458,594.00
30-Sep-21
£195,232.00
07-Oct-21
£407,506.00
11-Oct-21
£1,018,784.00
12-Oct-21
£200,867.00
19-Oct-21
£239,337.00
25-Oct-21
£513,355.00
25-Oct-21
£593,917.00
25-Oct-21
£691,702.00
28-Oct-21
£164,345.00
12-Nov-21
£439,053.00
16-Nov-21
£1,320,246.00
24-Nov-21
£1,575,865.00
30-Nov-21
£185,844.00
16-Dec-21
£1,551,058.00
17-Dec-21
£295,420.00
21-Dec-21
£739,070.00
21-Dec-21
£59,622.00
22-Dec-21
£1,569,995.00
05-Jan-22
£146,749.00
13-Jan-22
£97,038.00
20-Jan-22
£160,000.00
25-Jan-22
£521,530.00
27-Jan-22
£3,642,884.00
27-Jan-22
£86,666.00
28-Jan-22
£80,898.00
28-Jan-22
£7,864,134.00
31-Jan-22
£1,290,314.00
01-Feb-22
£3,702,761.00
04-Feb-22
£243,181.00
08-Feb-22
£35,000.00
09-Feb-22
£422,398.00
10-Feb-22
£5,496,083.00
11-Feb-22
£177,146.00
11-Feb-22
£1,106,062.00
11-Feb-22
£7,325,314.00
14-Feb-22
£1,325,606.00
17-Feb-22
£505,037.00
17-Feb-22
£3,006,012.00
23-Feb-22
£578,823.00
01-Mar-22
£154,053.00
01-Mar-22
£5,167,453.00
08-Mar-22
£285,828.00
08-Mar-22
£4,403,624.00
08-Mar-22
£1,532,694.00
28-Mar-22
£498,783.00
28-Mar-22
£385,473.00
29-Mar-22
£3,201,986.00
30-Mar-22
£225,061.00
30-Mar-22
£5,687,706.00
08-Apr-22
£1,074,558.00
26-Apr-22
£1,524,468.00
26-Apr-22
£3,551,666.00
04-May-22
£292,736.00
04-May-22
£5,651,558.00
04-May-22
£114,058.00
11-May-22
£588,418.00
12-May-22
£1,102,141.00
12-May-22
£3,123,299.00
17-May-22
£504,395.00
17-May-22
£268,920.00
17-May-22
£4,607,221.00
18-May-22
£137,312.00
18-May-22
£661,695.00
19-May-22
£611,340.00
23-May-22
£577,368.00
30-May-22
£161,991.00
30-May-22
£117,582.00
31-May-22
£213,871.00
06-Jun-22
£1,719,826.00
07-Jun-22
£88,767.00
07-Jun-22
£2,520,620.00
09-Jun-22
£415,505.00
14-Jun-22
£80,000.00
14-Jun-22
£207,395.00
15-Jun-22
£5,822,974.00
20-Jun-22
£978,652.00
20-Jun-22
£149,876.00
29-Jun-22
£18,912,220.00
29-Jun-22
£36,730.00
30-Jun-22
£2,019,202.00
04-Jul-22
£1,211,522.00
04-Jul-22
£4,841,238.00
06-Jul-22
£577,123.00
18-Jul-22
£1,625,783.00
27-Jul-22
£670,615.00
27-Jul-22
£200,936.00
04-Aug-22
£1,474,525.00
11-Aug-22
£5,880,049.00
11-Aug-22
£8,710,136.00
11-Aug-22
£58,851.00
11-Aug-22
£1,330,323.00
17-Aug-22
£258,075.00
17-Aug-22
£782,407.00
24-Aug-22
£1,415,167.00
26-Aug-22
£967,057.00
31-Aug-22
£103,861.00
31-Aug-22
£2,807,347.00
06-Sep-22
£16,004.00
12-Sep-22
£1,184,606.00
12-Sep-22
£6,848,322.00
22-Sep-22
£1,304,011.00
22-Sep-22
£486,204.00
22-Sep-22
£167,618.00
22-Sep-22
£62,370.00
26-Sep-22

Adult Education Budget (AEB) Plenary (1)

Krupesh Hirani: At the AEB Plenary on 8 September, I was told the GLA’s dataset does not yet contain information on progress and outcomes for academy hubs. Would you consider tracking the impact of AEB courses on the health and social sector in particular as the programme develops and data becomes available?

The Mayor: The Mayor’s Academies Programme (MAP) is designed to help address skills shortages in sectors key to London’s recovery, including Health and Social Care, and to support Londoners most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic into good work.
Through job outcomes payments, MAP providers will capture progress into jobs by recording where learners progress into good work. This will also help to track job outcomes for learners in relation to priority sectors, including Health and Social Care.
My London Learner Survey will also capture the impact of learning including progression into employment, progression in work, progression in further education, improved wellbeing, improved social integration, improved self-efficacy and participation in volunteering. The first set of data from the survey will be available in spring 2023.

London Markets Board (3)

Neil Garratt: Why did it take 511 days from your re-election as Mayor of London to relaunch the London Markets Board? Doesn’t this show it was never a priority for you?

The Mayor: In March 2020, given the challenges our city faced, I was determined to minimise disruption to London’s market sector, by extending the London Markets Board term to September 2021.
The recruitment for my next Board was launched in December 2021. My officers delivered a targeted engagement strategy to reach a diverse range of people, sectors, and skills and future leaders. As a result, I have appointed a Board that reflects the diversity and gender balance of London’s communities.
The recruitment of any board and its members is subject to necessary checks, and in this case, that process was slightly delayed due to multiple Boards being recruited simultaneously following the pandemic.
My new Markets Board has 19 experts from the across the sector who will ensure that London’s markets recover and thrive through targeted action and through nurturing future leaders who will safeguard London’s markets for generations to come.

Cost of Building Affordable Housing (2)

Sem Moema: What factors might have affected the cost of building an affordable home in the past 12 months?

The Mayor: Key factors likely to have affected the cost of building homes in London in the last year include changes in energy costs, construction wages, construction material prices, land costs due to competition from other uses, and financing costs due to changes in interest rates.

Cost of Building Affordable Housing (1)

Sem Moema: What are the costs associated with building an affordable 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom home in London on average? How has this changed in the past 12 months?

The Mayor: The information on total assumed development cost for the AH 21-26 programme is available on GLA website. Construction material prices have increased by 24.1% in July compared with the same time last year (BEIS Monthly Stastistics).
ahp_21-16_assumed_development_costs_february_2021_-_copy.pdf (london.gov.uk)

Right to Buy Back Scheme (2)

Sem Moema: How many households have been taken off the waiting lists of boroughs as a result of the homes purchased under the Right to Buy Back Scheme?

The Mayor: The most recent figures show that over 269,000 families in London were on the social housing waiting list in March 2021. These are the latest official figures available and they pre-date the launch of my Right to Buy-back fund in July 2021.
However, even with more recent data, I could not draw conclusions about how my Right to Buy-back programme is impacting the number of households on the waiting list. When new social homes become available, they are let to households with high priority needs – whether that is due to homelessness, overcrowding or something else. Ultimately, they all contribute to reducing numbers on waiting lists.

London Markets Board (1)

Neil Garratt: What happened to the 12 objectives of the previous London Markets Board, as set out in your 2017 report Understanding London’s Markets? Was there a final report on its achievements against those objectives?

The Mayor: The Understanding London’s Market report published in 2017 set the context for the work of my first London Markets Board. It contains 12 recommendations that were intended to support the board in their work identifying ways to develop a targeted markets strategy for London.
The prioritised workplan agreed by my first LMB took a pragmatic approach to distilling the challenges set out in the report. The progress against that workplan and the twelve recommendations set out in the report can be found within the minutes of the final meeting of my first LMB found here.

Adult Education Budget and Green Skills Hubs

Leonie Cooper: How much from the Adult Education Budget has been put into the delivery of the Green Skills Hubs?

The Mayor: The Mayor’s Academies Programme (MAP) is primarily funded through GLA core funding. It is designed to help address skills shortages in sectors key to London’s recovery, including the green sector, and to support Londoners most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic into good work.
Adult Education Budget (AEB) funding has been made available to Mayor’s Academies hub providers which hold a current AEB grant or contract with the GLA in order to support and incentivise job outcomes. Currently, £1,041,600 of AEB Job Outcome funding is available to eligible providers within the Green Skills hubs (not including the Green and Digital hub – see Question 2022/3691). This funding is dependent on the achievement of job outcomes. Currently, GLA core funding for the hubs until 2023/24 is £5.65m of which £1.24m is allocated to Green Hubs.

Adult Education Budget and Digital Green Skills Hub

Leonie Cooper: How much from the Adult Education Budget has been put into the delivery of the digital green skills hub?

The Mayor: The Mayor’s Academies Programme (MAP) is primarily funded through GLA core funding. Currently, the core funding until 2023/24 is £5.65m of which £237,000 is allocated to the Digital Green Skills Hub.
Adult Education Budget (AEB) funding has been made available to Mayor’s Academies hub providers which hold a current AEB grant or contract with the GLA. Currently £200,000 of AEB Job Outcome funding is available to eligible providers within the Green and Digital hub. This funding is dependent on the achievement of job outcomes.

Health Hubs

Emma Best: Can you please provide the number of people undertaking training for all Health Hubs in 2022?

The Mayor: The Mayor’s Academies Programme (MAP) is designed to help address skills shortages in sectors key to London’s recovery, including health, and to support Londoners most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic into good work.
Across the lifetime of the programme, over 2,250 Londoners will participate in training and education because of health hub activities. We are in the process of analysing the first data return from the health hubs which will show Londoners participating in training and education relating to sector between Jan 2022- June 2022.

Dispute Mechanism and Contingency Planning

Len Duvall: The TfL funding deal includes a dispute mechanism. Whilst it may not be implemented, if it is, TfL estimate the cost could be up to £1.1 billion. If the mechanism is activated how will it impact upon the Mayor’s Budget and what contingency plans are in place to ensure the Mayor’s Budget, as set out in the Budget Guidance, can still be delivered?

The Mayor: TfL has delivered the numerous conditions within its various funding settlements; and no deductions for disputes have ever been made. A robust Business Plan and prudent budget are being produced that will incorporate the funding settlement’s obligations.
The dispute mechanism includes built-in protections before any changes to payments can be made – including the ability to submit an alternative action plan in case of non-agreement of proposals for resolution. As the dispute mechanism relates to future payments only, as time passes the possible amount and risk of repayment substantially reduces.
Only if the TfL Commissioner and Permanent Secretary are unable resolve any dispute can the government, acting proportionately and subject to consultation with me, adjust the amount of funding provided under this settlement. Particularly due to this need for acting proportionately officers believe it is unlikely substantial payments will ever be withheld and TfL’s budget will still be delivered.

Social and Private Sector ACM Cladding Remediation Fund

Anne Clarke: How many grants have been made from these funds to date? Please provide a breakdown since the funds began, showing the size of grant; social or private residential; and month of grant award.

The Mayor: Social Sector ACM Cladding Remediation Fund
Payment amount (£)
Date of payment authorisation
£277,842
Jan 29, 2019
£1,967,170
Feb 8, 2019
£7,610,557
Feb 14, 2019
£5,556,092
Feb 14, 2019
£1,265,600
Feb 25, 2019
£1,533,820
Mar 15, 2019
£663,718
Mar 15, 2019
£663,718
Mar 15, 2019
£13,091,657
Mar 18, 2019
£1,794,918
Mar 28, 2019
£324,543
Mar 28, 2019
£633,606
Mar 29, 2019
£276,242
May 10, 2019
£3,028,886
Apr 18, 2019
£359,650
May 29, 2019
£678,305
May 8, 2019
£513,030
May 8, 2019
£785,957
May 15, 2019
£1,841,562
Jun 7, 2019
£844,872
Dec 20, 2019
£1,124,949
Dec 19, 2019
£4,847,856
Dec 18, 2019
£89,912
Dec 13, 2019
£826,553
Nov 27, 2019
£2,046,413
Nov 12, 2019
£242,894
Nov 7, 2019
£332,181
Nov 1, 2019
£332,181
Nov 1, 2019
£8,985,065
Oct 29, 2019
£332,181
Oct 16, 2019
£1,328,722
Oct 16, 2019
£1,328,722
Oct 15, 2019
£1,328,722
Oct 15, 2019
£141,837
Oct 9, 2019
£2,399,994
Oct 4, 2019
£2,399,994
Oct 4, 2019
£2,399,993
Oct 4, 2019
£388,993
Oct 1, 2019
£266,266
Mar 11, 2020
£4,740,146
Mar 6, 2020
£826,553
Mar 5, 2020
£837,066
Feb 5, 2020
£826,553
Feb 5, 2020
£505,514
Jan 23, 2020
£730,991
Jan 23, 2020
£128,258
Jan 23, 2020
£1,944,327
Aug 14, 2019
£2,619,090
Jul 5, 2019
£567,350
Jul 5, 2019
£1,378,865
Jul 18, 2019
£93,584
Jul 18, 2019
£491,793
Jul 19, 2019
£382,284
Apr 23, 2020
£85,525
Jun 3, 2020
£328,221
Jun 3, 2020
£308,583
Jun 8, 2020
£1,726,003
Sep 30, 2020
£84,634
Sep 23, 2020
£393,546
Sep 8, 2020
£987,501
Aug 18, 2020
£1,010,044
Aug 18, 2020
£10,169
Aug 6, 2020
£45,618
Jul 23, 2020
£2,294,445
Jul 2, 2020
£580,576
Dec 23, 2020
£517,709
Dec 23, 2020
£2,380,000
Feb 16, 2021
£1,002,458
Mar 10, 2021
£155,089
Mar 24, 2021
£588,396
Mar 26, 2021
£144,044
Mar 26, 2021
£3,588,224
Mar 30, 2021
£165,930
Mar 30, 2021
£383,455
Mar 30, 2021
£165,930
Mar 30, 2021
£103,440
Apr 15, 2021
£588,396
Apr 28, 2021
£144,044
Apr 28, 2021
£459,841
Jun 18, 2021
£8,657,574
Sep 10, 2021
£356,052
Sep 30, 2021
£316,403
Sep 20, 2021
£145,406
Nov 17, 2021
£163,527
Nov 17, 2021
£2,185,646
Dec 16, 2021
£1,731,448
Dec 16, 2021
£893,187
Dec 21, 2021
£211,218
Feb 4, 2022
£206,638
Feb 4, 2022
£206,638
Feb 4, 2022
£206,638
Feb 4, 2022
£244,318
Mar 11, 2022
£347,598
Mar 12, 2022
£426,712
Mar 12, 2022
£1,933,417
Mar 12, 2022
£12,739,389
Mar 17, 2022
£13,112,546
Mar 17, 2022
£13,326,775
Mar 17, 2022
£14,004,582
Mar 17, 2022
£420,935
May 7, 2022
£558,790
May 7, 2022
£69,501
May 12, 2022
£2,055,881
May 17, 2022
£2,055,881
May 17, 2022
£2,055,882
May 17, 2022
£1,113,696
May 17, 2022
£1,113,696
May 17, 2022
£1,113,696
May 17, 2022
£138,472
May 25, 2022
£2,263,641
Jun 8, 2022
Private Sector Cladding Remediation Fund
Payment amount (£)
Date of payment authorisation
£49,496
Feb 3, 2020
£200,631
Apr 14, 2020
£25,104
Apr 16, 2020
£211,821
May 22, 2020
£60,000
Jun 24, 2020
£409,384
Jul 1, 2020
£12,563
Jul 3, 2020
£209,382
Jul 3, 2020
£160,000
Jul 16, 2020
£19,000
Jul 20, 2020
£274,822
Jul 27, 2020
£202,574
Aug 26, 2020
£141,400
Sep 15, 2020
£194,841
Sep 28, 2020
£87,973
Oct 27, 2020
£313,654
Oct 28, 2020
£606,704
Nov 11, 2020
£429,000
Nov 11, 2020
£154,978
Nov 27, 2020
£140,530
Dec 11, 2020
£429,780
Dec 17, 2020
£119,920
Dec 21, 2020
£393,143
Dec 23, 2020
£400,000
Jan 6, 2021
£773,872
Jan 6, 2021
£78,004
Jan 7, 2021
£48,717
Jan 19, 2021
£569,928
Jan 20, 2021
£76,721
Feb 2, 2021
£16,645
Feb 5, 2021
£42,364
Feb 10, 2021
£50,122
Feb 11, 2021
£296,996
Feb 11, 2021
£104,911
Feb 12, 2021
£491,348
Feb 18, 2021
£181,811
Feb 18, 2021
£71,731
Feb 23, 2021
£128,737
Feb 25, 2021
£28,061
Mar 2, 2021
£119,802
Mar 19, 2021
£229,933
Mar 19, 2021
£110,557
Mar 19, 2021
£113,315
Mar 23, 2021
£57,718
Mar 24, 2021
£486,220
Mar 26, 2021
£408,133
Mar 30, 2021
£411,243
Mar 30, 2021
£238,772
Apr 9, 2021
£87,823
Apr 21, 2021
£524,280
Apr 22, 2021
£49,061
Apr 26, 2021
£37,477
Apr 28, 2021
£147,108
Apr 29, 2021
£195,903
May 5, 2021
£171,394
May 6, 2021
£57,800
May 6, 2021
£439,000
May 10, 2021
£160,957
May 12, 2021
£3,054,706
May 14, 2021
£234,719
May 20, 2021
£640,155
May 20, 2021
£45,100
May 20, 2021
£270,742
May 21, 2021
£55,400
May 24, 2021
£160,189
May 26, 2021
£109,596
Jun 3, 2021
£29,142
Jun 3, 2021
£151,808
Jun 3, 2021
£104,057
Jun 8, 2021
£242,312
Jun 10, 2021
£217,896
Jun 10, 2021
£214,509
Jun 15, 2021
£540,752
Jun 15, 2021
£187,336
Jun 17, 2021
£184,050
Jun 21, 2021
£88,000
Jun 21, 2021
£971,835
Jun 23, 2021
£36,540
Jun 23, 2021
£295,500
Jun 23, 2021
£189,704
Jun 23, 2021
£280,000
Jun 23, 2021
£103,889
Jun 25, 2021
£173,869
Jul 8, 2021
£29,443
Jul 8, 2021
£156,612
Jul 14, 2021
£250,560
Jul 19, 2021
£557,934
Jul 21, 2021
£112,461
Jul 21, 2021
£99,144
Jul 21, 2021
£104,251
Jul 21, 2021
£301,750
Jul 21, 2021
£51,411
Jul 21, 2021
£74,093
Jul 21, 2021
£52,045
Jul 21, 2021
£47,339
Jul 21, 2021
£200,939
Jul 22, 2021
£76,445
Jul 22, 2021
£268,384
Jul 23, 2021
£225,152
Jul 23, 2021
£98,336
Jul 29, 2021
£157,345
Aug 2, 2021
£39,042
Aug 9, 2021
£118,254
Aug 9, 2021
£44,340
Aug 19, 2021
£1,478,152
Aug 20, 2021
£504,627
Aug 20, 2021
£625,538
Aug 24, 2021
£1,007,969
Aug 24, 2021
£104,896
Aug 26, 2021
£316,107
Aug 27, 2021
£53,697
Sep 3, 2021
£103,114
Sep 7, 2021
£79,367
Sep 8, 2021
£348,000
Sep 10, 2021
£118,574
Sep 15, 2021
£326,796
Sep 15, 2021
£28,035
Sep 17, 2021
£631,964
Sep 17, 2021
£496,415
Sep 24, 2021
£372,572
Sep 27, 2021
£59,827
Sep 27, 2021
£538,554
Sep 27, 2021
£65,955
Sep 27, 2021
£1,425,239
Oct 12, 2021
£598,835
Oct 12, 2021
£457,867
Oct 13, 2021
£33,954
Oct 13, 2021
£90,905
Oct 13, 2021
£231,154
Oct 14, 2021
£292,717
Oct 26, 2021
£473,140
Oct 26, 2021
£98,446
Oct 28, 2021
£296,609
Oct 29, 2021
£3,726,434
Nov 2, 2021
£66,911
Nov 8, 2021
£893,811
Nov 11, 2021
£55,221
Nov 17, 2021
£140,578
Nov 18, 2021
£245,888
Nov 23, 2021
£226,637
Nov 25, 2021
£1,097,986
Nov 25, 2021
£48,340
Nov 30, 2021
£45,442
Nov 30, 2021
£135,254
Dec 2, 2021
£363,071
Dec 3, 2021
£1,759,156
Dec 7, 2021
£77,037
Dec 7, 2021
£155,508
Dec 10, 2021
£24,574
Dec 15, 2021
£165,379
Dec 15, 2021
£14,731
Dec 16, 2021
£25,572
Dec 16, 2021
£36,958
Dec 16, 2021
£13,370
Dec 16, 2021
£14,039
Dec 16, 2021
£467,265
Dec 16, 2021
£93,366
Dec 17, 2021
£239,206
Dec 17, 2021
£1,035,283
Dec 17, 2021
£620,348
Dec 17, 2021
£312,799
Dec 17, 2021
£19,895
Dec 17, 2021
£99,609
Dec 17, 2021
£99,388
Dec 17, 2021
£48,030
Dec 17, 2021
£1,234,974
Dec 17, 2021
£20,800
Dec 17, 2021
£333,854
Dec 17, 2021
£201,121
Dec 21, 2021
£33,157
Dec 22, 2021
£1,160,204
Dec 23, 2021
£623,806
Jan 11, 2022
£135,156
Jan 13, 2022
£1,060,598
Jan 19, 2022
£249,545
Jan 21, 2022
£290,184
Jan 25, 2022
£324,124
Jan 25, 2022
£186,435
Feb 2, 2022
£78,952
Feb 2, 2022
£175,678
Feb 11, 2022
£16,133
Feb 11, 2022
£38,298
Feb 11, 2022
£47,767
Feb 11, 2022
£7,117
Feb 11, 2022
£17,219
Feb 11, 2022
£60,260
Feb 15, 2022
£167,426
Feb 17, 2022
£59,475
Feb 18, 2022
£407,692
Feb 18, 2022
£602,647
Feb 24, 2022
£389,708
Feb 24, 2022
£143,017
Feb 28, 2022
£770,726
Feb 28, 2022
£173,368
Mar 4, 2022
£1,529,898
Mar 7, 2022
£172,340
Mar 9, 2022
£368,783
Mar 9, 2022
£752,481
Mar 10, 2022
£25,247
Mar 10, 2022
£152,083
Mar 14, 2022
£30,294
Mar 14, 2022
£155,586
Mar 18, 2022
£565,757
Mar 18, 2022
£73,486
Mar 22, 2022
£570,276
Mar 23, 2022
£137,462
Mar 23, 2022
£140,962
Mar 23, 2022
£72,600
Mar 24, 2022
£315,166
Mar 25, 2022
£115,278
Mar 28, 2022
£1,294,694
Mar 30, 2022
£258,296
Apr 5, 2022
£122,071
Apr 6, 2022
£896,737
Apr 14, 2022
£191,748
Apr 14, 2022
£406,845
Apr 20, 2022
£223,983
Apr 20, 2022
£600,447
Apr 20, 2022
£165,235
Apr 21, 2022
£233,957
Apr 22, 2022
£1,173,858
Apr 22, 2022
£112,830
Apr 22, 2022
£180,562
Apr 25, 2022
£111,338
Apr 25, 2022
£473,678
May 11, 2022
£363,179
May 11, 2022
£149,255
May 11, 2022
£63,671
May 11, 2022
£285,264
May 12, 2022
£91,468
May 16, 2022
£114,878
May 17, 2022
£153,589
May 18, 2022
£327,795
May 20, 2022
£119,687
May 24, 2022
£81,869
May 24, 2022
£389,755
May 27, 2022
£101,153
May 30, 2022
£955,543
Jun 1, 2022
£88,385
Jun 8, 2022
£56,116
Jun 9, 2022
£171,398
Jun 9, 2022
£653,892
Jun 10, 2022
£722,234
Jun 10, 2022
£500,593
Jun 15, 2022
£423,526
Jun 15, 2022
£291,038
Jun 15, 2022
£360,460
Jun 16, 2022
£509,587
Jun 17, 2022
£282,262
Jun 22, 2022
£100,797
Jun 23, 2022
£76,350
Jun 24, 2022
£359,241
Jun 24, 2022
£426,962
Jun 24, 2022
£245,231
Jul 6, 2022
£36,396
Jul 6, 2022
£126,472
Jul 6, 2022
£310,294
Jul 7, 2022
£189,215
Jul 11, 2022
£565,737
Jul 12, 2022
£128,940
Jul 13, 2022
£20,940
Jul 15, 2022
£18,620
Jul 15, 2022
£258,091
Jul 19, 2022
£1,036,566
Jul 19, 2022
£402,174
Jul 19, 2022
£188,742
Jul 20, 2022
£361,162
Jul 20, 2022
£429,602
Jul 28, 2022
£126,391
Jul 28, 2022
£108,227
Aug 1, 2022
£351,656
Aug 2, 2022
£11,811
Aug 3, 2022
£277,906
Aug 5, 2022
£221,046
Aug 5, 2022
£577,697
Aug 8, 2022
£206,590
Aug 10, 2022
£167,202
Aug 10, 2022
£265,118
Aug 10, 2022
£1,125,294
Aug 11, 2022
£654,455
Aug 15, 2022
£184,502
Aug 19, 2022
£286,427
Aug 19, 2022
£50,225
Aug 19, 2022
£175,990
Aug 22, 2022
£388,020
Aug 24, 2022
£2,838,804
Aug 24, 2022
£161,551
Aug 24, 2022
£102,540
Aug 25, 2022
£104,255
Aug 26, 2022
£26,088
Aug 26, 2022
£281,146
Aug 30, 2022
£347,752
Sep 1, 2022
£95,020
Sep 5, 2022
£84,715
Sep 7, 2022
£139,998
Sep 8, 2022
£352,085
Sep 12, 2022
£173,333
Sep 13, 2022
£346,318
Sep 13, 2022
£197,181
Sep 13, 2022
£173,302
Sep 13, 2022
£1,072,485
Sep 16, 2022
£520,060
Sep 20, 2022
£260,493
Sep 20, 2022
£92,862
Sep 21, 2022
£377,606
Sep 21, 2022
£452,936
Sep 23, 2022
£253,925
Sep 26, 2022
£1,033,763
Oct 1, 2022
£203,087
Oct 4, 2022

Waking Watch Relief Fund

Anne Clarke: How many grants have been made from this fund to date? Please provide a breakdown since the funds began, showing the size of grant and date of grant award.

The Mayor: As at 5 October 2022, 89 grant payments have been authorised from the Waking Watch Relief Fund totalling £8,056,477.
Payment amount (£)
Date of payment authorisation
£277,888
Aug 25, 2021
£82,368
Sep 10, 2021
£17,040
Sep 10, 2021
£68,782
Sep 22, 2021
£103,040
Sep 24, 2021
£82,658
Sep 24, 2021
£37,883
Sep 24, 2021
£25,328
Oct 4, 2021
£124,399
Oct 11, 2021
£50,890
Oct 19, 2021
£118,103
Oct 21, 2021
£327,600
Oct 22, 2021
£161,280
Oct 27, 2021
£201,462
Oct 28, 2021
£111,240
Nov 1, 2021
£99,836
Nov 1, 2021
£291,301
Nov 3, 2021
£39,294
Nov 3, 2021
£20,665
Nov 4, 2021
£133,527
Nov 4, 2021
£68,577
Nov 3, 2021
£145,718
Nov 8, 2021
£103,631
Nov 9, 2021
£69,600
Nov 10, 2021
£143,040
Nov 15, 2021
£27,810
Nov 18, 2021
£45,665
Nov 25, 2021
£121,125
Nov 25, 2021
£25,760
Dec 8, 2021
£20,592
Dec 8, 2021
£67,547
Dec 7, 2021
£153,335
Dec 7, 2021
£38,334
Dec 8, 2021
£91,096
Dec 9, 2021
£90,058
Dec 9, 2021
£81,949
Dec 9, 2021
£73,901
Dec 9, 2021
£115,425
Dec 9, 2021
£83,717
Dec 10, 2021
£129,003
Dec 10, 2021
£9,471
Dec 13, 2021
£134,330
Dec 15, 2021
£44,062
Dec 15, 2021
£97,875
Dec 16, 2021
£47,769
Dec 17, 2021
£361,219
Dec 17, 2021
£80,651
Dec 17, 2021
£119,100
Dec 17, 2021
£28,857
Dec 21, 2021
£28,702
Dec 21, 2021
£20,487
Dec 21, 2021
£22,775
Dec 21, 2021
£18,476
Dec 21, 2021
£6,332
Dec 23, 2021
£98,031
Jan 6, 2022
£143,023
Jan 11, 2022
£65,815
Jan 11, 2022
£67,547
Jan 12, 2022
£53,692
Jan 12, 2022
£151,366
Jan 13, 2022
£53,692
Jan 17, 2022
£114,848
Jan 26, 2022
£90,312
Feb 1, 2022
£56,843
Feb 1, 2022
£56,541
Feb 1, 2022
£11,016
Feb 2, 2022
£46,872
Feb 4, 2022
£165,288
Feb 9, 2022
£50,365
Feb 16, 2022
£40,320
Mar 1, 2022
£22,680
Mar 4, 2022
£36,360
Mar 4, 2022
£128,761
Mar 4, 2022
£309,845
Mar 8, 2022
£140,008
Mar 9, 2022
£55,707
Mar 23, 2022
£30,282
Mar 23, 2022
£33,583
Mar 28, 2022
£99,728
Apr 12, 2022
£169,810
Apr 13, 2022
£146,909
Mar 15, 2022
£121,116
Apr 26, 2022
£72,825
May 18, 2022
£141,974
Jun 1, 2022
£20,929
Jun 16, 2022
£119,100
Jun 22, 2022
£81,900
Jul 5, 2022
£69,472
Jul 8, 2022

Land Commission

Tony Devenish: Southwark Council is planning to establish a land commission to identify development land in the borough. Do you welcome Southwark’s approach and will you be adopting this approach London-wide, building on the work of the previous London Land Commission of 2015 which is still yet to be implemented? When you control land bigger than the London Borough of Camden, bigger than 16 times the size of Hyde Park, isn’t this a priority for you?

The Mayor: I welcome the ambition of Southwark to work on its landholdings to identify opportunities for development within the borough. My officers have been supporting this work alongside One Public Estate colleagues to ensure that it is a genuinely collaborative effort that seeks to capitalise on public land holdings effectively. My public land map was published in 2019 and is maintained as a free to access public reference for all publicly owned land in London. Although not all of the land in the wider GLA Group control is suitable for redevelopment the work of my Public Land team supports a wide range of public sector collaboration projects seeking to release surplus public sector land for housing. Officers also work with the GLA Group on the implementation of Lord Kerslake’s recommendations to ensure that development opportunities are maximised through shared expertise and cooperation.

Code for Sustainable Homes (1)

Leonie Cooper: How many properties have been completed in London since the Government scrapped the Code for Sustainable Homes?

The Mayor: The coalition government abolished the Code for Sustainable Homes in March 2015. According to figures from the London Development Database and the Planning London Datahub, around 215,000 new build homes were completed in London between April 2015 and March 2022. This figure is likely to increase as further data on completions in 2012/22 is added to the Datahub.

Housing for those fleeing Domestic Violence

Joanne McCartney: The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 gave housing priority to those fleeing domestic violence. Have you made any assessment as to whether London's boroughs are meeting their housing duties under this Act? If so, what were your findings, and what are you doing to support them in meeting this duty?

The Mayor: I have welcomed the Domestic Abuse Act’s provision to give priority under the homelessness legislation to those fleeing domestic violence. I do not have any influence over how boroughs are meeting their homelessness duties, including ones relating to priority given to those fleeing domestic violence. Local authorities should meet that obligation, but their services need to be properly resourced for them to do so.
Through my duties under the Domestic Abuse Act, and accompanying funding, I am working with boroughs and providers to increase provision of accommodation-based support, particularly for under-served groups. I am also making available capital funding for premises for these services.
This will contribute to helping councils meet their new obligations. But there is a bigger picture of lack of sufficient supply of affordable, secure housing, which adversely affects victims of domestic violence and demands greater investment from government.

Homelessness Funding

Joanne McCartney: London Councils has warned that possible proposed changes to the Homelessness Prevention Grant would result in their funding being cut by almost a third. Do you share these concerns and what representations have you made to government about this matter?

The Mayor: I share London Councils’ concerns about government’s proposed changes to the Homelessness Prevention Grant (HPG).
I responded to government’s consultation. I highlighted that many of the proposed
data sources under options being considered for a future HPG are unsuitable. The greatest challenge for preventing and relieving homelessness is one of affordable housing supply. However, housing affordability and scarcity of affordable housing are not reflected in the proposed options. London’s overall funding would fall by 6 per cent under Option 1 or 32 per cent under Option 2. This is counter-intuitive, given that London has growing housing waiting lists and has England’s highest proportion of households in temporary accommodation.
I expressed serious concerns about the lack of an impact assessment for the HPG options. Since homelessness disproportionately affects individuals with protected characteristics, this absence is a significant shortcoming in the ability of government to decide on the future HPG allocation.

ESOL Bootcamps

Joanne McCartney: Will you consider funding ESOL courses that are similar to your skills Bootcamps to enable Londoners to undertake a flexible intensive course to improve their English language skills?

The Mayor: Skills Bootcamps focus on delivering higher level skills (Levels 3-5) training of up to 16 weeks in sectors with strong demand and vacancies, to support Londoners into good work. In comparison, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) delivers critical language skills to support Londoners to achieve a range of social and economic benefits, predominantly at Level 2 and below. ESOL makes up a significant part of the AEB in London. Between August 2021 and January 2022 over 36,000 learners had benefitted from ESOL in London, the same as the full year number of learners in 2020/21 academic year.
It is also important that learning providers can fund a broader range of ESOL provision whilst providing wrap-around support for learners and meeting local needs. That is why I have ensured providers have the flexibility to use 10% of their Adult Education Budget allocation for non-formula funded provision, to support this type of activity.

Adult Education Budget (AEB) Plenary (2)

Krupesh Hirani: At the AEB Plenary on 8 September, I was told the Individualised Learner Record data does not contain information on employers and the industries and sectors they represent. Would you consider tracking this information, particularly in the health and social sector?

The Mayor: The Individualised Learner Record (ILR) is a national data collection of learning delivery information which is owned and managed by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA). It does not collect information on employers and the sectors that they represent as it only provides a record of the learning delivered. It provides information on sector subject areas (SSAs), one of which is Health and Social Care. This means we can track the volume of learning delivered in this sector which is likely to reflect more people moving into work in the industry.
Health and Social Care is also one of the sectors that I have identified as a priority for London through new funding initiatives that I have launched including Good Work for All, my Academies Programme, and most recently Skills Bootcamps. Providers that were successful in their applications for funding are required to specify the number of learners they expect to move into work in the sector.

Housing Delivery and the Rise in Interest Rates

Len Duvall: What impact is it anticipated that the rise in interest rates, the fall in the value of the pound and increased inflation will have on your housing delivery plans over the next two years?

The Mayor: Recent months have seen significant changes in the macroeconomic environment. Certain impacts are evident already in London's housing market, in the rising cost of development for councils and housing associations. A fall in the value of the pound risks making supply chain imports more expensive, adding to very high build cost inflation - for example, construction materials prices in August 2022 were 40 per cent above August 2020 according to Office of National Statistics. Financing costs, crucial in housing development, have risen significantly in the public and private sectors.
For many Londoners, reducing their wait for a social rented home is crucial. Long-term investment in new affordable housing ultimately benefits public finances alongside the residents housed, reducing overall expenditure - as the National Audit Office concluded in reviewing the Affordable Homes Programmes. That is why it requires commitment from all tiers of government to explore how their resources can rise to the challenge to assure that strong headwinds - beyond our control at City Hall - do not impede continuing the progress that has been achieved to date, with the greatest number of genuinely affordable homes started on site last year since City Hall records began.

Increasing costs of home ownership

Siân Berry: What data are you collecting on mortgage arrears and repossessions in London and what support could you provide to homeowners if interest rate rises cause unaffordable increases to monthly mortgage payments?

The Mayor: I am concerned by the recent interest rate rises and their impact on the mortgage market, and I am watching market movements closely. City Hall analysts are monitoring a range of data sources on mortgage arrears and repossessions, including from government and UK Finance, as well as asking Londoners directly about their ability to pay their bills through regular surveys.
Rises in interest rates could cause hardship to many Londoners who own their homes and compound the cost-of-living crisis further. My powers to directly support homeowners are limited, but I will seek to work with government to ensure support for any homeowners who are struggling with mortgage costs works for Londoners, and minimises the risks of repossession.

Shared ownership homes in London (3)

Siân Berry: In your answer to question 2022/3358 you said: “the GLA is sometimes able to provide a change in grant approval, which allows homes completed and intended as shared ownership to be converted to other affordable housing tenures.” Could you provide me with data on the number, size of homes and development/scheme title that the GLA provided a change in grant approval for to enable this to happen. Could you provide this data in table format from 2016 to the current date?

The Mayor: Affordable homes grant is administered via Open Project System (OPS), the GLA’s online investment management portal. Any changes to projects funded by affordable housing grant are subject to programme change management process and thousands programme management changes are reviewed annually. In assessing the changes the GLA is required to demonstrate value for money for funding that is allocated to partners and individual projects through its programmes. This is determined through a process of assessing the level of grant requested on a project in relation to the type of project proposed, the location and tenure of homes, the size and complexity of the project, the level of grant in relation to costs of the development, the contribution types and levels to support the total scheme costs.
The Open Project System doesn’t contain data on the number of homes that were completed as shared ownership and subsequently converted to other affordable housing tenures and due to the volume of changes manual review of the programme changes is impossible.

Rogue Landlord and Agent Checker (4)

Siân Berry: The Rogue Landlord Checker you introduced in 2017 is not being comprehensively used across London boroughs, as the data you provided in answer to my question 2022/2593 shows. What are your plans for strengthening the process for London renters logging complaints and for boroughs acting on them?

The Mayor: The Report a Rogue tool and the Rogue Landlord and Agent Checker sit alongside each other but perform separate functions. The Checker is a searchable database which empowers Londoners to make informed choices about who they rent from; the Report a Rogue tool allows the public to easily report complaints about landlords and letting agents.
Landlords can be brought to the attention of a borough through a Report a Rogue report and subsequently be listed on the Checker.
My PRS Qualification, now into its second year, is designed to address, in part, the skills gaps and resource issues which continue to limit borough capacity to act on complaints. My team also commissions free-to-borough upskilling training PRS officers.
Giving City Hall the power to approve selective licensing schemes would ensure greater consistency and transparency of schemes and support councils to better enforce standards and respond to complaints.

Racism in the built environment

Siân Berry: In your answer to my question 2022/2923, you stated that your commitment to requiring full consent for estate regeneration, as well as the replacement of any social housing lost through demolition, “stood to benefit Londoners from ethnic minority backgrounds, who are more likely to live in social housing”. Could you provide details as to how you are measuring and monitoring these potential benefits?

The Mayor: At the moment, I do not routinely assess the impact of affordable housing that receives funding from my Affordable Homes Programme (AHP) on those who move into it after the homes are completed. However, my officers are scoping the evaluation that will be undertaken on the AHP 2021-26. At the moment, the providers who allocate those homes, to social tenants with a right to return or moving from a home that doesn’t meet their household’s needs, or to households securing affordable housing for the first time, are well placed to identify how residents benefit from new homes. Also, the contractual requirements of funding through my Affordable Homes Programme and London Plan policies help to ensure that these homes are of high quality.
I reiterate the point I made in my response to your question, 2022/2923: my resident ballot requirement gives estate residents, among whom Londoners from ethnic minority backgrounds are disproportionately represented, leverage to ensure that regeneration plans benefit them.

London Markets Board

Hina Bokhari: When will the new membership of the London Markets Board be announced, and when will the Board next meet?

The Mayor: I announced the appointment of my new London Markets Board in September 2022. The group of 19 sector experts, operators, business leaders, and entrepreneurs will advise me on action to support and promote the capital’s wholesale, street and covered markets and help to deliver a London markets strategy.

Rogue Landlord and Agent Checker (5)

Siân Berry: How are you ensuring that rogue landlords cleared from the database after 12 months do not re-enter the private rental market under different names?

The Mayor: Records of landlords and letting agents prosecuted or fined for committing a relevant housing offence are held on the private tier of the Rogue Landlord and Agent Checker for nine years after they have been removed from the public tier.
Being named on the Checker does not prevent landlords from renting out properties unless they have been served with a banning order. There is, however, an example of Report a Rogue tool referrals alerting a borough to a rogue landlord, the private tier of the Checker being used to cross reference other borough records, and a successful banning order being issued as a result.
Government’s plan to introduce a national Property Portal echoes my blueprint’s call for a national landlord register. It will make it more difficult for rogue landlords to operate under the radar and enable boroughs to better target their enforcement work.

Good Growth Fund Job Creation

Shaun Bailey: How many jobs have been created as a result of Good Growth Fund supported projects since you became Mayor? Please give a breakdown by sector, year, scheme, borough and cost.

The Mayor: I previously shared that as of September 2021, the Good Growth Fund programme has created or safeguarded 1036 jobs. The current figure is now 1566.
Attached is a breakdown of the jobs by year, project and borough. My officers in the Regeneration Unit collect data on jobs and other output performance on a quarterly basis from Good Growth Fund delivery partners, but will not be able to provide the cost of jobs or the relevant sector until after the Good Growth Fund has completed and each project has submitted their detailed self-evaluation.

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Economic growth and business rates

Len Duvall: Economic growth is now happening more slowly than predicted and the Bank of England has stated that the UK is now in recession. What estimates have been made of how this will impact on business rates and in turn how this will affect the Mayor’s budget for 2023/24?

The Mayor: The Mayor’s Budget Guidance prudently assumed Business Rates baselines for English local authorities will be uprated by the government by 2.5 per cent. The Chancellor recently stated there will be no new spending review for 2023-24.
The government must still confirm the level of any increase in the business rates multiplier (which is normally linked to the September CPI rate) and whether it will fully fund local government in the event of lost revenues arising from this decision.
The government must also publish details on the 2023 business rates revaluation and confirm whether the current 50% retail, leisure and hospitality relief scheme will continue. Businesses in London and across England are facing huge uncertainty until this information is provided.
Recent economic and fiscal events, and the absence of additional information to contradict our assumptions, suggest our prudent approach seems well founded.

Vacant public land in Marylebone

Tony Devenish: Further to my questions 2018/2420 in September 2018 and 2021/1322 in March 2021, what progress is being made to develop the vacant former Samaritan Hospital site on prime land in Marylebone? Do you agree that progress on sites such as this would not only deliver much-needed homes, but also release welcome funds for the NHS? What are your expected timescales for development to take place on this site?

The Mayor: The former Samaritans Hospital building continues to support the adjacent Western Eye Hospital which remains a fully operational 24/7 eye hospital. The future of the site is related to the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust redevelopment programme which is at business case stage and included within the national NHS 40 New Hospitals Programme.
The New Hospital Programme has been working on its Programme Business Case for several months and it is understood that until this is formally approved by His Majesty’s Treasury clarity on the funding and timing for the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust programme will remain unclear. However the original Government announcement in 2019 indicated that this Trust’s development would be in phase 2 of the programme to be delivered between 2025 and 2030.
The Senior Responsible Officer for the New Hospital Programme Team is invited to attend each meeting of the London Estates and Infrastructure Board where clarity is sought on the status, timing and phasing of the programme. The next meeting will be held on the 2nd November 2022.